yī​dā​liǎng​yòng

two uses for one thing

  • created sense approved 一搭两用/一搭兩用 · yī​dā​liǎng​yòng · two uses for one thing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一搭两用 / 一搭兩用

    yī​dā​liǎng​yòng

    two uses for one thing

    to use one thing for two purposes or to achieve two goals with a single effort

    一搭 (literal) → 一搭 · yī​dā · together 两用 (literal) → 两用/兩用 · liǎng​yòng · dual-use

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense